Source: Washington Post
The FBI: "We would like the work product of late newspaper columnist Jack Anderson spanning over 50 years."
The response from family lawyer, Michael D. Sullivan, to the FBI: "Respectively, go f@#k yourself!"
The family of the late newspaper columnist Jack Anderson yesterday rejected a request by the FBI to turn over 50 years of files to agents who want to look for evidence in the prosecution of two pro-Israel lobbyists, as well as any classified documents Anderson had collected.
Kevin P. Anderson, son of the storied Washington-based writer, said the family is outraged at what it calls government overreaching and "a dangerous departure" from First Amendment press protections, a stance joined by academic and legal experts.
"After much discussion and due deliberation, the family has concluded that were Mr. Anderson alive today, he would not cooperate with the government on this matter," the family wrote in a letter sent by Washington lawyer Michael D. Sullivan to the FBI. "Instead, he would resist the government's efforts with all the energy he could muster."
Hello, note to FBI--this little thing called the First Amendment says you can't legally do things like this.
I know you have a president and a leader whom both believe this document where this is stated is nothing "more than a piece of paper," but henceforth, you cannot pick and choose the laws that get held up.
Remember, fellow citizens and FBI members, you swore an oath when you became an agent to uphold the very laws and Constitution you are now blatantly ignoring.
Thanks, and please go back to your duties.
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